Create campaign criteria

  • Campaign criteria for Smart campaigns are created using KeywordThemeConstant objects retrieved from the KeywordThemeConstantService.

  • Smart campaigns support specific criterion types including AD_SCHEDULE, KEYWORD_THEME, LOCATION, and PROXIMITY.

  • For location targeting, you can use multiple location criteria but only one proximity criterion, and you cannot use both simultaneously.

  • Negative keyword theme criteria in Smart campaigns must use a free-form keyword theme and behave like a negative phrase match keyword.

In Get suggestions, we demonstrated how to retrieve a set of KeywordThemeConstant objects using a word or phrase. In this step, we use those same keyword theme constants to create a set of CampaignCriterion objects for the Smart campaign to target.

Similar to how we used the budget amount suggested by the SmartCampaignSuggestService when creating a budget, we recommend that you create campaign criteria based on the keyword theme constants retrieved from the KeywordThemeConstantService in Get suggestions.

Here are the key requirements for Smart campaign criteria:

In the following example, the keyword theme constants have been converted to KeywordThemeInfo objects by setting their resource name onto the KeywordThemeInfo.keyword_theme_constant field. We set the campaign field using the temporary resource name set on the campaign in the previous step.

Java

/**
 * Creates {@link com.google.ads.googleads.v22.resources.CampaignCriterion} operations for add
 * each {@link KeywordThemeInfo}.
 */
private Collection<? extends MutateOperation> createCampaignCriterionOperations(
    long customerId,
    List<KeywordThemeInfo> keywordThemeInfos,
    SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo) {
  List<MutateOperation> keywordThemeOperations =
      keywordThemeInfos.stream()
          .map(
              keywordTheme -> {
                MutateOperation.Builder builder = MutateOperation.newBuilder();
                builder
                    .getCampaignCriterionOperationBuilder()
                    .getCreateBuilder()
                    .setCampaign(ResourceNames.campaign(customerId, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID))
                    .setKeywordTheme(keywordTheme);
                return builder.build();
              })
          .collect(Collectors.toList());

  List<MutateOperation> locationOperations =
      suggestionInfo.getLocationList().getLocationsList().stream()
          .map(
              location -> {
                MutateOperation.Builder builder = MutateOperation.newBuilder();
                builder
                    .getCampaignCriterionOperationBuilder()
                    .getCreateBuilder()
                    .setCampaign(ResourceNames.campaign(customerId, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID))
                    .setLocation(location);
                return builder.build();
              })
          .collect(Collectors.toList());

  return Stream.concat(keywordThemeOperations.stream(), locationOperations.stream())
      .collect(Collectors.toList());
}
AddSmartCampaign.java

C#

/// <summary>
/// Creates a list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="keywordThemeInfos">A list of KeywordThemeInfos.</param>
/// <param name="suggestionInfo">A SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance.</param>
/// <returns>A list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.</returns>
private IEnumerable<MutateOperation> CreateCampaignCriterionOperations(long customerId,
    IEnumerable<KeywordThemeInfo> keywordThemeInfos, SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo
    suggestionInfo)
{
    List<MutateOperation> mutateOperations = keywordThemeInfos.Select(
        keywordThemeInfo => new MutateOperation
        {
            CampaignCriterionOperation = new CampaignCriterionOperation
            {
                Create = new CampaignCriterion
                {
                    // Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
                    Campaign = ResourceNames.Campaign(
                        customerId, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
                    // Set the keyword theme to each KeywordThemeInfo in turn.
                    KeywordTheme = keywordThemeInfo,
                }
            }
        }).ToList();

    // Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info.
    mutateOperations.AddRange(
        suggestionInfo.LocationList.Locations.Select(
            locationInfo => new MutateOperation()
            {
                CampaignCriterionOperation = new CampaignCriterionOperation()
                {
                    Create = new CampaignCriterion()
                    {
                        // Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
                        Campaign = ResourceNames.Campaign(customerId,
                            SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
                        // Set the location to the given location.
                        Location = locationInfo
                    }
                }
            }).ToList()
    );
    return mutateOperations;
}
AddSmartCampaign.cs

PHP

private static function createCampaignCriterionOperations(
    int $customerId,
    array $keywordThemeInfos,
    SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo $smartCampaignSuggestionInfo
): array {
    $operations = [];
    foreach ($keywordThemeInfos as $info) {
        // Creates the campaign criterion object.
        $campaignCriterion = new CampaignCriterion([
            // Sets the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
            'campaign' =>
                ResourceNames::forCampaign($customerId, self::SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
            // Sets the keyword theme to the given KeywordThemeInfo.
            'keyword_theme' => $info
        ]);

        // Creates the MutateOperation that creates the campaign criterion and adds it to the
        // list of operations.
        $operations[] = new MutateOperation([
            'campaign_criterion_operation' => new CampaignCriterionOperation([
                'create' => $campaignCriterion
            ])
        ]);
    }

    // Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info object to add
    // corresponding location targeting to the Smart campaign.
    foreach ($smartCampaignSuggestionInfo->getLocationList()->getLocations() as $location) {
        // Creates the campaign criterion object.
        $campaignCriterion = new CampaignCriterion([
            // Sets the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
            'campaign' =>
                ResourceNames::forCampaign($customerId, self::SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
            // Set the location to the given location.
            'location' => $location
        ]);

        // Creates the MutateOperation that creates the campaign criterion and adds it to the
        // list of operations.
        $operations[] = new MutateOperation([
            'campaign_criterion_operation' => new CampaignCriterionOperation([
                'create' => $campaignCriterion
            ])
        ]);
    }

    return $operations;
}
AddSmartCampaign.php

Python

def create_campaign_criterion_operations(
    client: GoogleAdsClient,
    customer_id: str,
    keyword_theme_infos: List[KeywordThemeInfo],
    suggestion_info: SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo,
) -> List[MutateOperation]:
    """Creates a list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID.
        keyword_theme_infos: a list of KeywordThemeInfos.
        suggestion_info: A SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance.

    Returns:
        a list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.
    """
    campaign_service: CampaignServiceClient = client.get_service(
        "CampaignService"
    )

    operations: List[MutateOperation] = []
    info: KeywordThemeInfo
    for info in keyword_theme_infos:
        mutate_operation: MutateOperation = client.get_type("MutateOperation")
        campaign_criterion_operation: CampaignCriterionOperation = (
            mutate_operation.campaign_criterion_operation
        )
        campaign_criterion: CampaignCriterion = (
            campaign_criterion_operation.create
        )
        # Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
        campaign_criterion.campaign = campaign_service.campaign_path(
            customer_id, _SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID
        )
        # Set the keyword theme to the given KeywordThemeInfo.
        campaign_criterion.keyword_theme.CopyFrom(info)
        # Add the mutate operation to the list of other operations.
        operations.append(mutate_operation)

    # Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info
    # object to add corresponding location targeting to the Smart campaign
    location_info: LocationInfo
    for location_info in suggestion_info.location_list.locations:
        mutate_operation: MutateOperation = client.get_type("MutateOperation")
        campaign_criterion_operation: CampaignCriterionOperation = (
            mutate_operation.campaign_criterion_operation
        )
        campaign_criterion: CampaignCriterion = (
            campaign_criterion_operation.create
        )
        # Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
        campaign_criterion.campaign = campaign_service.campaign_path(
            customer_id, _SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID
        )
        # Set the location to the given location.
        campaign_criterion.location.CopyFrom(location_info)
        # Add the mutate operation to the list of other operations.
        operations.append(mutate_operation)

    return operations
add_smart_campaign.py

Ruby

# Creates a list of mutate_operations that create new campaign criteria.
def create_campaign_criterion_operations(
  client,
  customer_id,
  keyword_theme_infos,
  suggestion_info)
  operations = []

  keyword_theme_infos.each do |info|
    operations << client.operation.mutate do |m|
      m.campaign_criterion_operation =
        client.operation.create_resource.campaign_criterion do |cc|
        # Sets the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
        cc.campaign = client.path.campaign(
          customer_id, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID)
        # Sets the keyword theme to the given keyword_theme_info.
        cc.keyword_theme = info
      end
    end
  end

  # Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info object
  # to add corresponding location targeting to the Smart campaign
  suggestion_info.location_list.locations.each do |location|
    operations << client.operation.mutate do |m|
      m.campaign_criterion_operation =
        client.operation.create_resource.campaign_criterion do |cc|
        # Sets the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
        cc.campaign = client.path.campaign(
          customer_id, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID)
        # Sets the location to the given location.
        cc.location = location
      end
    end
  end

  operations
end
add_smart_campaign.rb

Perl

# Creates a list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.
sub _create_campaign_criterion_operations {
  my ($customer_id, $keyword_theme_infos, $suggestion_info) = @_;

  my $campaign_criterion_operations = [];

  foreach my $keyword_theme_info (@$keyword_theme_infos) {
    push @$campaign_criterion_operations,
      Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Services::GoogleAdsService::MutateOperation
      ->new({
        campaignCriterionOperation =>
          Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Services::CampaignCriterionService::CampaignCriterionOperation
          ->new({
            create =>
              Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Resources::CampaignCriterion->new({
                # Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
                campaign =>
                  Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Utils::ResourceNames::campaign(
                  $customer_id, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID
                  ),
                # Set the keyword theme to the given KeywordThemeInfo.
                keywordTheme => $keyword_theme_info
              })})});
  }

  # Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info object
  # to add corresponding location targeting to the Smart campaign.
  foreach my $location_info (@{$suggestion_info->{locationList}{locations}}) {
    push @$campaign_criterion_operations,
      Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Services::GoogleAdsService::MutateOperation
      ->new({
        campaignCriterionOperation =>
          Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Services::CampaignCriterionService::CampaignCriterionOperation
          ->new({
            create =>
              Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Resources::CampaignCriterion->new({
                # Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
                campaign =>
                  Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V22::Utils::ResourceNames::campaign(
                  $customer_id, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID
                  ),
                # Set the location to the given location.
                location => $location_info
              })})});
  }

  return $campaign_criterion_operations;
}
add_smart_campaign.pl

Negative keyword theme campaign criteria

To negatively target a keyword theme campaign criterion in a Smart campaign, you must use a free-form keyword theme by setting the free_form_keyword_theme field on a KeywordThemeInfo instance.

Negative keyword theme criteria behave differently from positive keyword theme criteria. Whereas a positive keyword theme criterion is adjusted to target other similar criteria automatically, a negative keyword theme criterion is restricted to only negatively target the exact given term. The behavior is equivalent to how a negative phrase match keyword behaves.

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